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ann romney how snow says she wa briefly worried over the sharp tongue she used last week. last night appear on jay leno's "tonight show," mrs. romney was asked about her "stop it" remark on radio. >> i liked seeing you get mad. did you get feedback? >> no, no. i stepped out of the interview and said, oh, dear, was i a lotle strong. everyone i've seen has givenmy high fives. >>> joining me now is melissa harris-perry, host of the melissa harris-perry show here on msnbc. she went on to give a little more background of her frustration. let's take a moment. >> i will tell you, jay, that four years ago, it's a hard thing to do this, especially being the wife and having to listen to all this stuff all the time. four years ago i made a videotape and on the videotape i looked in the camera and i said, mitt, this is for your, sweetheart. i'm never doing this again. >> oh, really. >> yes. and i showed it to him and he looked at it and he said, you know, ann, you say that after every pregnancy. >> not a time taped video or time capsule after the second, third, fourth, son there. we h
ann romney how snow says she wa briefly worried over the sharp tongue she used last week. last night appear on jay leno's "tonight show," mrs. romney was asked about her "stop it" remark on radio. >> i liked seeing you get mad. did you get feedback? >> no, no. i stepped out of the interview and said, oh, dear, was i a lotle strong. everyone i've seen has givenmy high fives. >>> joining me now is melissa harris-perry, host of the melissa harris-perry show...
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. >> reporter: also revealed in the new poll a huge deficit for romney among women. the president with a 25% lead in ohio and 20% lead in florida. we asked about his most powerful surrogate his wife. >> we heard from your wife, ann who responded to criticism within your own party. >> stop it. you want to try it get in the ring. >> i know you heard it all before. you heard your wife that fired up about the incoming fire. i think it's what you say to your wife. >> ann is a very strong character. she doesn't like when people go after me. i'm just fine. i got broad shoulders. >> reporter: about that criticism from within their own party, i did ask the governor if there's any changes in store at his campaign. he said we're always tweaking message but no changes as far as staffing is concerned. as we were taking off the microphones he joked if there's a change at the top it's going to be my wife i put in charge. >> thank you so much. david muir reporting from ohio tonight. >>> now we turn to a big boost in holiday hiring which could mean extra money for american families.
. >> reporter: also revealed in the new poll a huge deficit for romney among women. the president with a 25% lead in ohio and 20% lead in florida. we asked about his most powerful surrogate his wife. >> we heard from your wife, ann who responded to criticism within your own party. >> stop it. you want to try it get in the ring. >> i know you heard it all before. you heard your wife that fired up about the incoming fire. i think it's what you say to your wife. >>...
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first, though, what ann romney says worries her if her husband wins the white house. this is actually pretty startling. we're going to tell you about this in a few moments. >>> and a little bit later, after spending decades here in america, in exile, what libya's president tells nbc's ann curry about what lies ahead. you are watching msnbc. ♪ keys, keys, keys, keys, keys. ♪ well, he's not very handsome ♪ to look at [ sighs ] ♪ oh, he's shaggy ♪ and he eats like a hog [ male announcer ] the volkswagen jetta. available with advanced keyless technology. control everything from your pocket, purse, or wherever. that's the power of german engineering. ♪ that dirty, old egg-suckin' dog ♪ like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. >>> just four days to go until the first presidential debate of the 2012 election. there's a lot on the line for both candidates, of course. but for mitt romney, the st
first, though, what ann romney says worries her if her husband wins the white house. this is actually pretty startling. we're going to tell you about this in a few moments. >>> and a little bit later, after spending decades here in america, in exile, what libya's president tells nbc's ann curry about what lies ahead. you are watching msnbc. ♪ keys, keys, keys, keys, keys. ♪ well, he's not very handsome ♪ to look at [ sighs ] ♪ oh, he's shaggy ♪ and he eats like a hog [ male...
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we're seeing a lot more of ann romney. here she was appearing on "the tonight show" with jay leno and "access hollywood" where she called her husband -- we don't have that but called him the life of the party. what about those kinds of things, when you have other people, steve, helping to try to introduce your candidate at this stage of the game? >> well, i'd like to agree with governor angler. i think you two candidates in the ad showed very different views of how to grow the economy. you know, i think ann romney is a terrific person. i think michelle obama is a terrific person. i think, you know, joe biden and paul ryan have very different views of the world, but at the end of the day i think people are going to go out and vote in this election based on the two principles, based on what they think about mitt romney and what they think about barack obama and what they think about their vision for the economy. i don't think, you know, all the rest of it sort of helps create a picture but i don't think people are going to v
we're seeing a lot more of ann romney. here she was appearing on "the tonight show" with jay leno and "access hollywood" where she called her husband -- we don't have that but called him the life of the party. what about those kinds of things, when you have other people, steve, helping to try to introduce your candidate at this stage of the game? >> well, i'd like to agree with governor angler. i think you two candidates in the ad showed very different views of how to...
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romney has had some incredible assets at his disposable, fox news, ann coulter, "the wall street journal," karl rove, bill crystal, david koch but he's ica hs not a very good candidate or is it because hisolicies stink? which of the two? >> well, i'm not going to apologize publicly like krystal. she's brar than me. but it's going back to t erat exposing a new reality for the part which is today, which is a record number, 40% of all americans identify as independent. that's a record number. 31% democrat, and 27% republican. and that's a shrinking number aren you looat the last ve un y adjust and react to a shrinking number and change the rhetoric and really, you know, reach out tohe fastest growing segments of minoritie and women in this country that will take the president and the new president to the white house, en it's going to contie to sh. nk'm g to blame the strategists that are ignoring the numbers. >> really, the strategists. krystal, i want you to take a look at romney's reaction today when a dretful, evil reporter dared to ask him some specifics t. the programs he was going to
romney has had some incredible assets at his disposable, fox news, ann coulter, "the wall street journal," karl rove, bill crystal, david koch but he's ica hs not a very good candidate or is it because hisolicies stink? which of the two? >> well, i'm not going to apologize publicly like krystal. she's brar than me. but it's going back to t erat exposing a new reality for the part which is today, which is a record number, 40% of all americans identify as independent. that's a...
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>>> ann romney dishes to ja leno about mitt. >> would you say he is frugal or cheap? >> cheap. >> cheap. really cheap. okay. >> do you want to know what he does when he leave the house? he turns off the h water heat. >>o yo knot hoe w we come back from the house, he forgets he has to turn the hot water heater on, cold shers, they're not that bad. >> indeed. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in new york. dueling messages in ohio where in a few moments both ndides wi beelin ch appearing only about 100 miles from each other but with sharply different messages. as president obama widens his ohio lead in the latest polls, joining me for our daily fix, chris cizilla, managing editor of post politics.com and "whington po" pic reporter karen tu multi. chris, first talk about the polls. how significant is it the double-digit lead in some polls now, cbs/"new york times" poll the trend first in "the washington post" and our wl street jourl/nbwsols weiso moving fairly steadily into the obama camp? >> i would say the answer to that at the moment is yes. the post on monday did mov
>>> ann romney dishes to ja leno about mitt. >> would you say he is frugal or cheap? >> cheap. >> cheap. really cheap. okay. >> do you want to know what he does when he leave the house? he turns off the h water heat. >>o yo knot hoe w we come back from the house, he forgets he has to turn the hot water heater on, cold shers, they're not that bad. >> indeed. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in new york. dueling messages in ohio where in a few...
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i'll begin with you, ann. first of this t-minus three days until the debate. >> he's still struggling to revive the passion and excitement that propelled him to the white house in 2008 and about mitt romney, the quote is, grasping for his last best chance to reboot his campaign after a disastrous september. tell me about for whom this debate is more important. 6. >> the descriptions are spot on. and the conception has been that mitt romney has a lot more at stake. obviously he's been behind and this is make or break for him. he could do a lot of good or he could do a lot of harm. i don't think we can write off the importance of this to president obama too, he is obviously a skilled orator but during the democratic presidential in 2008, he had a few famous moments where he didn't perform as strong asly some of the people he was debating against, mainly as senator clinton. there were pitfalls for him too, and when the white house says he hasn't been practicing, and he hasn't been practicing his oneliners. >> you
i'll begin with you, ann. first of this t-minus three days until the debate. >> he's still struggling to revive the passion and excitement that propelled him to the white house in 2008 and about mitt romney, the quote is, grasping for his last best chance to reboot his campaign after a disastrous september. tell me about for whom this debate is more important. 6. >> the descriptions are spot on. and the conception has been that mitt romney has a lot more at stake. obviously he's...
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meanwhile, ann romney set to campaign in nevada as well. the 12.1% unemployment rate in nevada is the highest in the country. it could prove to be a huge obstacle for the president. so how much of a tossup is the silver state? back with us, ed o'keefe of the washington post and john rollston. john, let me start with you. how much of a tossup is it at this point? we know the president is leading governor romney by two points. is this pretty accurate? >> i think it's pretty ak rccac, although i think obama might be ahead by a little more. every poll that's released in the presidential race has shown the president ahead. if the republicans had data to rebut that, i'm sure they would have leaked it by now. as you mentioned, it's absolutely astonishing that with the economy we have here, highest unemployment in the country and foreclosure epicenter of the country, how are we doing so well for the president? it's because mitt romney has just not connected there. he made some unfortunate comments for him about the foreclosure crisis here. and it's
meanwhile, ann romney set to campaign in nevada as well. the 12.1% unemployment rate in nevada is the highest in the country. it could prove to be a huge obstacle for the president. so how much of a tossup is the silver state? back with us, ed o'keefe of the washington post and john rollston. john, let me start with you. how much of a tossup is it at this point? we know the president is leading governor romney by two points. is this pretty accurate? >> i think it's pretty ak rccac,...
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letter to ann, written in the sand. i mean you can understand why they wouldn't maybe want to highlight that mitt romney spent his draft eligible years writing love letters in france instead of serving in vietnam, but there is also a human benefit to showing him, right? human. an ounce of handsome, humanized mitt at this point might be worth a pound of questions on how he avoided serving during the war. they are trying. they've even got him talking about health reform in massachusetts again. and conservatives now are so scared of him losing as badly as it looks like him losing that they are not even squawking about it this time the way they did when he talked about romney care just last month. the romney campaign is trying to do some things right. they're trying to make people dislike their candidate less. and then thurston strikes again. >> so he pulled me in, he tied up the boat for me, he rescued me just as he's going to rescue this great country. >> at the national level, fairly or not, voters say they regard mitt r
letter to ann, written in the sand. i mean you can understand why they wouldn't maybe want to highlight that mitt romney spent his draft eligible years writing love letters in france instead of serving in vietnam, but there is also a human benefit to showing him, right? human. an ounce of handsome, humanized mitt at this point might be worth a pound of questions on how he avoided serving during the war. they are trying. they've even got him talking about health reform in massachusetts again....
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it isn't just ann romney. i mean when bill clinton got angry on hillary's behalf, didn't work that well. when teresa heinz told a reporter to shove it, not the best moment. i think that ann romney has been having some of those moments. i actually think that she explained to us better than anybody why the choice for paul ryan, though, when she said early on he's looking for someone he feels comfortable with. >> and that was it. >> and i just think, you know, the whole paul ryan not being utilized correctly, i mean you usually hear that complaint from the vice presidential nominee's camp itself and you're not doing that and i think he actually has been a pretty loyal second and that will help him maintain his brand. >> i do too. i think also the thing that will help him is the thing that alex pointed out before, and we have a been talking about, the distance -- if romney loses conservatives who consider paul ryan their hero are going to say the reason romney lost because he didn't embrace ryan enough. that will
it isn't just ann romney. i mean when bill clinton got angry on hillary's behalf, didn't work that well. when teresa heinz told a reporter to shove it, not the best moment. i think that ann romney has been having some of those moments. i actually think that she explained to us better than anybody why the choice for paul ryan, though, when she said early on he's looking for someone he feels comfortable with. >> and that was it. >> and i just think, you know, the whole paul ryan not...
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mitt and ann romney like many wealthy couples are working to make sure their wealth passes to their five sons and grandchildren. a family trust established as early as 1995 has amassed $100 million according to the romney campaign. romney's 2011 tax records show he has set up an intentionally defector granter trust or idgt. also known as i dig it trust. in this case romney pays any income taxes on the assets in that trust. >> that is a trust that people create where they give assets for future generations and they continue to pay the income tax on it. so i've given away an asset, but i continue to pay the income tax on it which allows me to shift more wealth to the next generation. >> what that means is if an investment in the trust gains in value by $1 million over time, it's romney who pays the 15 capitol gains tax of $150,000. not his children or grandchildren. in essence, it's like passing on wealth to the next generation without having to pay gift taxes on that amount. and gift taxes have ranged from 35% to 55% since the 1990s. this is a common estate planning strategy for the wealt
mitt and ann romney like many wealthy couples are working to make sure their wealth passes to their five sons and grandchildren. a family trust established as early as 1995 has amassed $100 million according to the romney campaign. romney's 2011 tax records show he has set up an intentionally defector granter trust or idgt. also known as i dig it trust. in this case romney pays any income taxes on the assets in that trust. >> that is a trust that people create where they give assets for...
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>> reporter: you know, i asked her about ann romney's claim when ann romney pressed back about her own husband's critics and ann romney said campaigning is hard. i said does she share that sentiment. here was mrs. obama's response. >> ann romney recently said about the critics of her husband -- to her husband's critics that running for president is hard. do you sympathize with that? >> you know, the campaign experience is unique for everyone. everyone comes to this and experiences it differently. for me i really enjoy campaigning. i think barack and i we both get energy from it because when you live in washington, sometimes you get isolated from the rest of the country. and this is a time when we get out and we can remember just how decent people are. i come across people i don't care what political party they come from, they are hopeful. they're happy to see you. they're willing to listen. and it's good to be reminded of that. when you get out on the campaign trail. so i get energy from it. and i always have. and i've always said that. it's, you know, i never thought, you know a few y
>> reporter: you know, i asked her about ann romney's claim when ann romney pressed back about her own husband's critics and ann romney said campaigning is hard. i said does she share that sentiment. here was mrs. obama's response. >> ann romney recently said about the critics of her husband -- to her husband's critics that running for president is hard. do you sympathize with that? >> you know, the campaign experience is unique for everyone. everyone comes to this and...
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we're going to hear from ann romney in just a moment. but first, here's cnn's chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, with details of her interview with the first lady. >> wolffe, when i sat down for my exclusive interview with mrs. obama, she was campaigning with her brother, craig robinson, and she told me how she'll feel when she's in the audience for the big night watching the president debate. >> i get so nervous at these debates. you know, i'm like one of those parents watching their kid on the balance beam. you're just standing there, just trying not to, you know, have any expression at all. >> i've read that before a speech, you tell him, have fun, but a debate's a little bit different, because it's more of a competition, more like a game of one on one. what's your motivational advice to him before -- >> you know, he doesn't need much advice. he's been doing this for quite some time. so he knows the job. he's been doing it for quite some time. he's a very good debater. so i do tell him to have fun and relax and just be h
we're going to hear from ann romney in just a moment. but first, here's cnn's chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, with details of her interview with the first lady. >> wolffe, when i sat down for my exclusive interview with mrs. obama, she was campaigning with her brother, craig robinson, and she told me how she'll feel when she's in the audience for the big night watching the president debate. >> i get so nervous at these debates. you know, i'm like one of those...
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>> ann romney. >> stephanie: another good guess. but no. mike and others from the political piece. >> stephanie: here's the latest story. can i have some rich person music? the latest effort to convince us what it really -- what a really swell guy mitt romney is. so in touch with all y'all. s. the latest, he's not like you came at a fund-raiser in washington on thursday night. romney was introduced by bill marriott -- >> of the marriott marriotts. >> stephanie: chairman of the marriott. don't most of us have -- our own large hotel chains. >> also a member of the lds church. >> stephanie: chairman of marriott internationals who tried to humanize his friend. >> stop it. >> stop it. >> stephanie: seriously, all of you stop it. >> ann: stop it. >> stephanie: by telling a story. you ready for this, jim? tell me if you've heard this. >> i will be utilizing humor, i should let you know. >> stephanie: this is a hoot. hang on. by telling the story of romney a few years ago while both were visiting their summer places on lake whatever in new hampshir
>> ann romney. >> stephanie: another good guess. but no. mike and others from the political piece. >> stephanie: here's the latest story. can i have some rich person music? the latest effort to convince us what it really -- what a really swell guy mitt romney is. so in touch with all y'all. s. the latest, he's not like you came at a fund-raiser in washington on thursday night. romney was introduced by bill marriott -- >> of the marriott marriotts. >> stephanie:...
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michelle obama and ann romney are talking about their role tonight. first lady says she offers mostly positive reinforcement but does get nervous. >> i get so nervous at these debates. and, you know, i'm like one of those parents watching their kid on the balance beam, you're just standing there just trying not to, you know, have any expression at all. >> i wonder if in your wildest dreams you ever imagined that you would be spending your 20th wedding anniversary on a double date with the romneys. >> yeah, no, i can't say that this would have been the plan 20 years ago. >> that's right. it is the obamas' wedding anniversary tonight. ann romney says she comforts her husband mitt during the debates and he looks for her in the audience. she also tucked up one of mitt's traditions. >> we're there for each other emotionally all the time. in the last 20 debates we did in the primary, i felt that was my most important role. >> so how do you do that? >> you know, it is a cute thing he does, almost after every answer he finds me in the audience, as soon as he
michelle obama and ann romney are talking about their role tonight. first lady says she offers mostly positive reinforcement but does get nervous. >> i get so nervous at these debates. and, you know, i'm like one of those parents watching their kid on the balance beam, you're just standing there just trying not to, you know, have any expression at all. >> i wonder if in your wildest dreams you ever imagined that you would be spending your 20th wedding anniversary on a double date...
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this is someone ann romney says comes home and turns off the hot water heaters. >> the car elevator is to hide the cars. >> wait a minute. >> it's designed to hide the cars. >> you don't s it. >> but it's to hide the car n swhen dray. >> judgment question, who builds a house like that in the middle of a presidential campaign? >> good yes. >> john edwards. >> also gets $500air cut. >> we knowhat happened to him. su toon rry h wh i think it's a good point, he's not a smooth rich guy. so you know if they're going to lean into this, when you release the tax returns and ask, why did you only pay 14%, i couldn't pay less. >> right. >> right. not because i decided to take nto apromise, no.ecse i if you're going to be a guy who really believes in the free market and in everybody's ability to keep as much money as possible and that's what's going to lead to growth,ou've got to commit. what howard's point is you're seng a lack of commitment to any of the one directions d.causthere e demst nste in each direction. >> yeah. >> tackle them sometime. 40 days left if you're not going to tackle them no
this is someone ann romney says comes home and turns off the hot water heaters. >> the car elevator is to hide the cars. >> wait a minute. >> it's designed to hide the cars. >> you don't s it. >> but it's to hide the car n swhen dray. >> judgment question, who builds a house like that in the middle of a presidential campaign? >> good yes. >> john edwards. >> also gets $500air cut. >> we knowhat happened to him. su toon rry h wh i think...
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romnmitt romney tomorrow is and "family circle" ajounnnounced that mich obama beat ann romney in the cookie contest. they each submitted a rest scip the readers voted. they have been responsering the contest for decades, time-honored tradition of taking successful, accomplished women and forcing them to get in the kitchen and bake for us. congratulations. mitt romney and snooki are back in the news. mitt romney asked on "live with kelly and michael" who he liked better snooki or honey boo boo. he picked snooki, snooki heard by the and told the daily news it was awesome but she still hasn't decided who she's voting for, she wants to stick a few more facts in her head hole and rattle them around. didn't realize snooki was tall enough to vote to be honest. you shoild uld be allowed to vor be on "jersey shore," not both of them. you have to figure she'll vote for obama. she might be the only person in america who is better off now than she was four years ago. a funny romney related item on his msnbc show, al sharpton talking about a photo on facebook, romney visiting a chipotle store. ha
romnmitt romney tomorrow is and "family circle" ajounnnounced that mich obama beat ann romney in the cookie contest. they each submitted a rest scip the readers voted. they have been responsering the contest for decades, time-honored tradition of taking successful, accomplished women and forcing them to get in the kitchen and bake for us. congratulations. mitt romney and snooki are back in the news. mitt romney asked on "live with kelly and michael" who he liked better...
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but a debate gives him that chance. >> anne kornblut, some are arguing that governor romney desperately needs to go big in these debates and go after the president, specifically on foreign policy. governor romney hit the president on the response to the consulate attack in libya on his weekly podcast. take a listen. >> we've seen a confused, slow, and inconsistent response to the terrorist attack in libya. a refusal to be frank with the american people about what happened, and a complete failure to explain the growing terrorist threat we face in the region. >> is that the winning line of attack there? >> well, certainly going after the president on what has been one of his strengths in recent years would be one way of going big. foreign policy doesn't tend to be one of the top issues for many voters, even after 9/11, so it won't necessarily help him on the economic front. so i don't know how much it would ultimately yield him, but he's been very tough on president obama on foreign policy, hearing him say, again, something along the lines of what you just plays wouldn't surprise me a bit
but a debate gives him that chance. >> anne kornblut, some are arguing that governor romney desperately needs to go big in these debates and go after the president, specifically on foreign policy. governor romney hit the president on the response to the consulate attack in libya on his weekly podcast. take a listen. >> we've seen a confused, slow, and inconsistent response to the terrorist attack in libya. a refusal to be frank with the american people about what happened, and a...
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. >>> ann romney has been a pretty constant presence on the campaign trail. now she's opening up about a big concern. >> i think my biggest concern, obviously, would just be for the -- his mental well-being. i have all the confidence in the world in his ability, in his decisiveness, in his leadership skills, in his understanding of the economy, in his understanding of what's missing right now in the economy, peeies that are missing to get this jump started. i think for me it would be the emotional part of it. >> by the way, mitt romney is 65 years old. he would be the second-oldest president in the past 150 years. >>> a consultant for congressman todd akin is comparing him to cult leader david koresh from the waco, texas, incident. this week akin refused to drop out of the missouri senate race. he came under fire for comments he made saying that women can biological prevent pregnancy after a rape. consultant kelly ann conaway told the washington watch weekly that akin was successful in his holdout. >> the first day or two, it was like waco with david koresh.
. >>> ann romney has been a pretty constant presence on the campaign trail. now she's opening up about a big concern. >> i think my biggest concern, obviously, would just be for the -- his mental well-being. i have all the confidence in the world in his ability, in his decisiveness, in his leadership skills, in his understanding of the economy, in his understanding of what's missing right now in the economy, peeies that are missing to get this jump started. i think for me it...
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. >> ann romney was on "leno" last night. i didn't see the whole thing, but the clips i saw, i don't know. i know that's tough to say, but the relatability issue is constant. >> you know, and there's a bigger issue. they're having trouble relating. remember, driving around tampa, and we drove past -- ed, you'll understand this. being a populist republican, a conservative populist southern republican, we were going past all of these sort of little ranch houses. probably 1,800 square feet, whatever. probably cost $70,000, $75,000. as we were driving past, i said you know why mitt romney's not going to win? look at these houses. you know every one of these houses when i ran in my district, every one of them voted for me. every single person. i could go knock on the door, and they'd know my name. they'd ask for the yard sign. i said, how many of these little ranch houses here do you think are going to vote for mitt romney? so just so i don't make it about myself, you could have said the same thing about george w. bush. those peop
. >> ann romney was on "leno" last night. i didn't see the whole thing, but the clips i saw, i don't know. i know that's tough to say, but the relatability issue is constant. >> you know, and there's a bigger issue. they're having trouble relating. remember, driving around tampa, and we drove past -- ed, you'll understand this. being a populist republican, a conservative populist southern republican, we were going past all of these sort of little ranch houses. probably...
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romney, whom i met, and they are an ordinary american family. they are just -- imagine five boys running around at the age of 6, and that makes you very ordinary. he didn't kill any of them, that's a start. [laughter] i think that will come across, and all of the efforts to bring up the money and the house and the horse and all of that stuff, i don't think americans care if it comes across one on one how much money. nelson rockefeller won in new york again and again and again and again and again, and his fortune dwarf that. there are a lot of rich democrats that this issue doesn't come up. kerry did not lose because he married the heinz fortune. he lost because he was not particularly approachable. [laughter] i think that what you're concerned about is right to be concern the about, but i think as people get to know the governor, and especially the governor in the context of the family, they will believe he is, in fact, sharing their values. if not their pain of financial necessary sigh, their values. i'm confident about that actually. yes, sir?
romney, whom i met, and they are an ordinary american family. they are just -- imagine five boys running around at the age of 6, and that makes you very ordinary. he didn't kill any of them, that's a start. [laughter] i think that will come across, and all of the efforts to bring up the money and the house and the horse and all of that stuff, i don't think americans care if it comes across one on one how much money. nelson rockefeller won in new york again and again and again and again and...
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and especially, thank you to our candidates, republican challenger ann mclane kuster. thank you so much. [applause] >> the first debate between presidential candidates mitt romney and president barack obama is next wednesday, october 3. generally are moderates from the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span, including our life debate preview followed by the domestic policy debate at 9:00 p.m. and your reactions and comments thread calls, e-mails, and tweets. follow our live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> september 11, 2001 was the day that changed my life forever. it changed america site. i'm going to go through a powerpoint presentation that will outline the account, the historical account. it gets pretty intense. a lot of things happen very quickly. i'm going to do my best not to ramble on and go too fast. but i would ask you to sit back, clear your mind, put yourself in that room. and you will get a real sense of what it is like to be at the top of the food chain. a nation of 300 million americans was attacked by 19 al qaed
and especially, thank you to our candidates, republican challenger ann mclane kuster. thank you so much. [applause] >> the first debate between presidential candidates mitt romney and president barack obama is next wednesday, october 3. generally are moderates from the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span, including our life debate preview followed by the domestic policy debate at 9:00 p.m. and your reactions and comments thread calls, e-mails, and tweets. follow our live...
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makes reference to mitt romney's remarks and every american wants to do better in the world but it is awful hard when the government -- the size of the government goes up by $1 trillion in four years and the debt of the -- more than the debt of the nation when i entered congress in 1995 and the only platform the president has for economic recovery is limiting tax deductions for retraining for companies that may be moving out of the country and raising taxes on small businesses which of the source of most of the economic vitality of the state and not to reduce the deficit but to pay for more government. where does it all end? >> moderator: where did the two of you see eye to eye on the role of government and business working together to boost overall prosperity for everybody? what do you think? kuster: this is supposed to be debate. [talking over each other] >> moderator: everybody -- [talking over each other] kuster: congress acting as though the government is the entire problem. the government is not the entire problem. i don't believe the government to the entire solution. we suppor
makes reference to mitt romney's remarks and every american wants to do better in the world but it is awful hard when the government -- the size of the government goes up by $1 trillion in four years and the debt of the -- more than the debt of the nation when i entered congress in 1995 and the only platform the president has for economic recovery is limiting tax deductions for retraining for companies that may be moving out of the country and raising taxes on small businesses which of the...